00:00Not only did the fish swim away, but the shabu also blocked it.
00:10Where did it come from?
00:18The fishermen were very surprised when they saw it spreading in the West Philippine Sea as part of the Ilocos Sur.
00:27This is what they saw in the sea the past few days.
00:32Not fish, but parcels of shabu.
00:39Where did it come from?
00:41And in each box or pack that they get,
00:45they will receive from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency a reward of Php 5,000.
00:54The contents of the parcels are worth Php 1,000,000.
01:01We didn't expect the contents to be like that.
01:04They said the shabu is like that.
01:06Shabu?
01:11Where did it come from?
01:17And why are they floating in the sea?
01:25On the morning of June 24, the group of Christopher and his wife
01:33went fishing in the sea of the town of San Juan.
01:37We've been fishing for five hours and we didn't catch anything.
01:39Let's go. We're almost home.
01:42But as they were heading home,
01:44we saw that it was floating.
01:49It was in a sack.
01:51For this parcel, which weighs almost a kilo,
01:55the contents were wrapped in plastic,
01:58with something written and imprinted on it.
02:01Above the A168, there's really a Chinese character.
02:07There's also something written here, Kai Yun Li.
02:11And it's not just one.
02:12There are many more like this floating in the sea.
02:16We have 24 packs here.
02:18When we got home, that's when we got interested.
02:20The first group guessed that the contents were dollars.
02:25But when they looked at the contents,
02:28we were surprised.
02:29It turned out to be white.
02:30We really guessed that it was soap in the bathroom.
02:33It smelled bad.
02:34It was sour.
02:35It was sour that you couldn't understand.
02:38We were nervous.
02:39It entered our mind that it was a drug.
02:44The 24 packs that they got from the sea,
02:47they immediately handed them over to the authorities.
02:50The ones who tested were positive.
02:52We were surprised.
02:54The contents were blocks of methamphetamine hydrochloride or Shabu.
03:02The sum total of all the packs they got
03:05was estimated to be worth 162 million pesos.
03:10We had millions of pesos.
03:14Because of Christopher's surrender to the Shabu,
03:18the group received 120,000 pesos for the 24 blocks of Shabu
03:26from Pideya that they distributed.
03:29In addition to this, the provincial government gave 50,000 pesos
03:34for each of them.
03:36Even though we didn't get caught,
03:37the blessings that were exchanged were too much.
03:42And not only that,
03:44they also found hot items.
03:48On June 27,
03:50near Karagatang Sakop in Magsingal,
03:53here in Ilocos Sur,
03:55the fisherman Rommel and his nephew Ian
03:59got 20 blocks of Shabu.
04:02I thought it was money or food.
04:04We didn't open it.
04:05I put it in the boat and we went straight to fishing.
04:10When they returned to the port,
04:12my nephew jumped in.
04:14He said,
04:15Shabu, don't move.
04:16Let's call the captain so we can investigate.
04:20The 20 blocks of Shabu that Rommel got
04:24was worth 137 million pesos.
04:28And when they handed these to the authorities,
04:31Rommel received a total of 100,000 pesos.
04:36That's a huge amount.
04:38I also plan to build my own house.
04:40But if Christopher and Rommel immediately gave up
04:44the millions of pesos worth of Shabu that they found,
04:49the fisherman, Edgardo,
04:51admitted that he was tricked.
04:53Because the value of the 18 blocks of Shabu
04:57that he also found in the sea
04:59was worth 121 million pesos.
05:04It was hard for us.
05:05At first, I thought I would hide it
05:07and then sell it.
05:08After that, if I sell it, I will become rich.
05:13On June 26,
05:14when he got the blocks of Shabu
05:17while fishing in the sea of Santa Maria,
05:20I doubt that it was just trash.
05:22I didn't notice it.
05:24He even noticed the Chinese characters
05:27printed on the package.
05:30I couldn't read it.
05:31I thought it was noodles from China.
05:38And when he opened it,
05:41Why is it white?
05:42The color is not yellow.
05:43I was shocked.
05:44My Shabu was already there.
05:48At first, I thought I would hide it
05:50and then sell it.
05:54But he thought about it.
05:56If they interview me
05:58about where the money came from,
06:00what will I say?
06:01I'm just there in the sea,
06:02looking for life.
06:04That's why Edgardo...
06:05When I came back here,
06:07I surrendered everything.
06:11He received the reward of 140,000 pesos alone.
06:15I was relaxed.
06:16I surrendered it
06:17so I wouldn't be afraid anymore.
06:20According to the last record of the authorities,
06:22there were 14 separate incidents
06:25where Shabu was found blocked
06:28from 7 provinces.
06:31As a result,
06:3291 Shabu blocks
06:34are in their custody now.
06:37The amount reached more than half a billion pesos.
06:44The question is,
06:45where did these come from?
06:49Maybe from China.
06:50Maybe from China.
06:51The name is written in Chinese.
06:52Maybe from a ship.
06:53It was thrown into the sea.
06:55We are confused
06:56why it was here in our sea.
07:07Meanwhile,
07:08the Ilocos Sur Provincial Police Office
07:10continues its investigation.
07:13One thing we are looking at
07:14is from the mothership.
07:15It was thrown into the Baybayin
07:17of the West Philippine Sea
07:18in order to obtain
07:20contacts of drug dealers.
07:23It was not intended
07:24to be here in Ilocos
07:26because it was an observation
07:28of the Philippine Coast Guard.
07:30Because of the water current
07:32and because of the wind,
07:34it was thrown here in Ilocos.
07:36I can assure you
07:37that in the province of Ilocos,
07:38there were no Shabu blocks or whatever.
07:41After being turned over to PDEA,
07:43because there were no cases filed,
07:45they will do it for destruction.
07:47They will burn it.
07:48According to PDEA,
07:49Kai Yun means luck in making money.
07:52And for Kai Li,
07:54if you separate them,
07:55it's bride price.
07:57That A168
07:58is probably the batch number
08:01of its production.
08:03Or that is the number
08:06of who produced it.
08:08Even if we see
08:09that there is a Chinese marking,
08:11it is not definitive
08:12that it came from China.
08:14The translation is still ongoing
08:15to translate what it means.
08:17They also added a reminder.
08:19The use or sale of drugs,
08:21there are cases
08:22that we hit them.
08:24They can be imprisoned
08:25for several years
08:26up to life imprisonment.
08:29The local government of Ilocos Sur
08:32does not encourage residents
08:34to look for drugs in the sea
08:36in exchange for bribe.
08:38If this is what you intend
08:39to look for in the middle of the sea,
08:41don't do it.
08:42It's very risky and very dangerous.
08:43I think in the history
08:44of Northern Luzon or Region 1,
08:46this is the biggest recovery
08:48of shabu.
08:49It's not here in Ilocos Sur
08:50that it was caught.
08:51It's Ilocos Sur Fishermen
08:52who caught it
08:53in the West Philippine Sea.
08:55We are very fortunate.
08:56We have a Danish fisherman
08:57who is responsible.
09:06Meanwhile,
09:07this Wednesday,
09:08other fishermen
09:10who surrendered
09:11when they recovered shabu
09:13for a formal bribe.
09:15It's not a secret
09:16that the main source of drugs
09:18that enter the Philippines,
09:20like synthetic drugs like shabu,
09:22is directly or indirectly
09:24connected to mainland China.
09:26Usually, it comes from triads.
09:28But of course,
09:29you can't prove it
09:31just because of the Chinese letters
09:34of the drugs that were caught.
09:36From July 1 of 2022
09:40and ending May 31 of 2024,
09:43PDEA and other law enforcement agencies
09:45conducted a total of 71,591
09:48anti-illegal drug operations.
09:50The result of that is
09:51the arrest of about
09:5297,445 drug personalities,
09:56of which 6,413
09:59are high-value targets.
10:01When one uses shabu,
10:03the brain activity is altered
10:06and there is an excessive secretion
10:09of dopamine.
10:10There is a disturbance
10:12in perception,
10:13in orientation,
10:15even in judgment.
10:16The liver,
10:18the kidney,
10:19the brain,
10:20the heart are affected.
10:21Using illegal drugs
10:22has no good effect.
10:25It's not clear
10:27where exactly
10:29the blocks of shabu
10:31that were recovered
10:33in the Ilocos Sur Sea
10:35are located.
10:36The authorities hope
10:38that after their
10:39thorough investigation,
10:41the truth will be revealed.
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